Charles de Remusat

Charles de Remusat (13 March 1797-6 June 1875) was a French liberal politician who served as Interior Minister in 1840 and as Foreign Minister from 1871 to 1873.

Biography
Charles de Remusat was born in Paris, France in 1797, the son of a chamberlain to Emperor Napoleon I. Remusat became a liberal journalist during the 1820s, omitting his title "M. le Comte" from his visiting cards. Remusat became affiliated with the Doctrinaires and supported the restrictive measures which led to the July Revolution of 1830; he later became an ally of Adolphe Thiers and served as Interior Minister in 1840. He left France following Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in 1852, and he did not return to politics until 1869. Remusat founded a moderate opposition journal at Toulouse, and he later gave up his support for constitutional monarchy and supported the French Third Republic. From 1871 to 1873, he served as Foreign Minister, and, in 1873, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Haute Garonne. He died in 1875.